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RIB Candy - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: April 2026

RIB Candy overview

What is RIB Candy?

The ultimate Construction Project Management Software, Candy is unique, powerful, and dynamically focused on project control in the construction & engineering industry. Features include project Estimating, Quantity Take-off (QTO), Planning, Forecasting, Cash Flow, Valuations, Subcontract Management and Cost & Allowable.

From the initial estimate to the final certificate, Candy streamlines to the whole project management process with interconnected modules. Estimating flows from pre-tender to post-tender by exchanging data with other modules and updating on regular basis. Between the estimate and post-tender operations, Candy allows businesses to conduct valuations to gain immediate access to all information that is used to price the tender. For take-off, Candy's QTO module is able to add and extract information from 2D or 3D project models and compile bills of quantities. Additionally, Candy's planning tools allows businesses to gain an overview of all available resources and effectively plan and report on project statuses.

Through integration between both RIB CCS core products, Candy and BuildSmart, RIB CCS provides contractors with an interactive link between estimating, project control, enterprise accounting and operational costing in real time.

Starting price

200flat rate /
per month

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Pros & Cons

Estimation

Security and Access Control

Tendering

Import and Export

Worksheets

Pricing

RIB Candy’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

RIB Candy pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(2)
3-4(92)
5(147)

What do users say about RIB Candy?

For example the filter function in the BoQ module does not filter in the same way as the filter function in the planning module with regards to headings, the quantity calculation worksheets differ from module to module.

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Who uses RIB Candy?

Based on 241 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Construction
Civil Engineering
Oil & Energy
Computer Software
Others

Use cases

Construction Estimating
Job Costing
Project Management
Construction Scheduling
Project Planning

RIB Candy's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from RIB Candy users:

Budgeting/Forecasting
Project tracking
Overrun Reporting

All RIB Candy features

Features rating:

Accounting
Accounting integration
Agile methodologies
Audit trail
Bid management
Bills of material
BIM modeling
Budgeting/Forecasting
Change order management
Collaboration tools
Contract/License management
Contractor management
Cost database
Cost estimating
Cost-to-Completion tracking
Cost tracking
Due date tracking
Electrical estimating
Estimating
File sharing
Forecasting
Historical database
HVAC estimating
Invoice management
Job costing
Job scheduling
Milestone tracking
Mobile app
Multiple projects
Overrun Reporting
Percent-Complete tracking
Planning Tools
Plumbing estimating
Portfolio management
Prioritization
Production Cost Tracking
Progress tracking
Project accounting
Project Estimating
Projections
Project management
Project planning
Project planning/scheduling
Project scheduling
Project tracking
Proposal generation
Quotes/Estimates
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting/Project tracking
Rescheduling
Resource management
Scheduling
Subcontractor management
Subcontractor monitoring
Takeoff
Task management
Time tracking
Traditional methodologies
Visualization
What-if analysis

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RIB Candy pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

200

Per month

Flat Rate

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about RIB Candy price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of RIB Candy's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“I work in a large organisation with multiple remote estimators working on highly complex tenders and need to view my teams portfolio and learn from job to job.”
KH

Ken H.

Head of Estimating

“My duties and responsibilities include coordinating project tasks, preparing BOQs, updating documentation, and ensuring smooth workflow support.””
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ABDUL S.

Senior Estimator

RIB Candy integrations (4)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 241 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as RIB Candy integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.4 (20)

Posting form responses to an excel spreadsheet. This integration is buggy and unreliable.

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Sarah F.

Marketing Technologist

Integration rating: 4.4 (8)

Facilitates the import and export of costs and budgets between the software

Integration with RIB BuildSmart is important because it creates a seamless flow of data from estimating in RIB Candy to cost control and financial management during project execution. It eliminates duplication of work, reduces errors, and ensures tha

FG

Franco G.

Estimator

1/2

Integration rating: 2.0 (2)

Importing of P6 into Candy and Vice-versa. This was a nightmare, and now not possible. It is not something that is required very often though.

DJ

Denzil J.

Contract Manager

RIB Candy support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

24/7 (Live rep)
FAQs/Forum
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
Chat

Training options

In Person
Documentation
Live Online
Videos
Webinars

RIB Candy FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of RIB Candy?

RIB Candy has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Small Business, Large Enterprises, Mid-size Business

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Q. What level of support does RIB Candy offer?

RIB Candy offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat

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